Click below on the photo of rural Palisade Avenue. Youwill be taken to our pageon the Hebrew Homedevelopment proposal. Thereyou will find a sample letter, mailing addresses, andinformation about this projectsince its first proposal in 2012.

Hebrew Home's application may come to the community board committees and full board for public comment in the summer - when meetings and attendance are limited.

It is critical to show community sentiment at this time.

Please join your fellow residents and civic groups - write to Community Board 8 and our elected officials. Let them know that you fully support the "cottage scheme" of development and protection for low-density zoning in Riverdale and throughout the City.

Our community and the Riverdale Nature Preservancy have been working on this issue since the Hebrew Home first proposed its plan in 2012. Strong community voice will make a difference.

What's New?

March 22, 2016 MIH and ZQA zoning approved

NYC Council has approved the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) zoning text amendments.

The zoning amendments were presented to Bronx Community Board 8 in June 2015. Certain provisions ignored decades of gains in neighborhood preservation and environmental protection achieved by the Riverdale and wider NW Bronx communities.

The communities' thoughtful and persistent statements at hearings of the Community Board, City Planning Commission and City Council have resulted in extensive modification to the original proposals.

RNP Chairman on Architecture in Riverdale

DEC reminds New Yorkers of state law restricting use of lawn fertilizers containing phosphorous

The 2012 Dishwasher Detergent and Nutrient Runoff Law prohibits the use of phosphorus fertilizers unless a new lawn is being established or a soil test shows that the lawn does not have enough phosphorus. Contact Lisa King at 518-402-8000 with questions.